Story writing is a craft that is not easy to learn, as I just found out. A story line, characters and their development, the conflict and the resolution: these are the inherent components.
Language is another aspect. As an author, you need your character to engage with the reader. The character has to be very compelling so that the reader is hooked and wants to read the book. So your language has to come alive, to make your characters in the story real and the reader is able to empathize with them.
To a writer, the person’s desire to read his book translates into sales which means money for him.
So you see, your plot has to be interesting, with unexpected twists so that the reader will want to continue reading it.
Once a story is completed, that is not the end of it. Editing, proof reading and amendments or polishing where called for has to be done and this can be many times before the story finally comes into print.
It is a labor of love and the final copy is the baby you have created, nurtured and delivered, after a painstaking process.
A sense of accomplishment can be very satisfying when you hold a copy of your printed book in your hand.
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